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While there was much to dissect, discuss and debate with ESPN.com’s #NBArank project, the most controversial ranking clocked in at No. 7 – Kobe Bryant. Ask any generic NBA fan, and they will likely tell you that Kobe is the second best, if not the best, player in the league. Ask most bloggers, writers and analysts wher[...]

Found Objects – 10.25.2011 • Unfortunately, it appears the NBA will be canceling another two weeks of games, leaving the earliest start date to the season at November 29th. • The Oklahoma exhibition on Sunday came down to the wire, as Kevin Durant and LeBron James’ squad edged out Chris Paul and Carmelo Ant[...]

Found Objects – 10.20.2011 • Blake Griffin was forced to pull out of an Oklahoma City exhibition game because of a cut on his right foot. The game is co-headlined by Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Chris Paul. • Because of his injury, Griffin’s participation in a late October/early November exhibition tour f[...]

Blake Griffin, as ranked by ESPN’s expert NBA panel, is the 10th best player in the NBA. Or, to be more detailed, the panel ranked every NBA player from 1-10 and Blake happened to shake out with the 10th best score. Needless to say, this high rating was not agreed upon by all. There are Blake doubters out there, [...]

Any optimism for the Clippers this year had to begin with the opportunity to get off to a better start than they did last season. Not that improving on 1-13 is a particularly lofty goal, but getting off on the right foot would be the priority for the team and its fans. And now, with the news that the first two weeks o[...]

Sequels are risky. There’s always a chance that the successor will fall flat on it’s face, failing to replicate the success of it’s predecessor. “Capitol Punishment” — the original Drew-Goodman match-up in D.C. on Aug. 20th — put professional-amateur games on the map this summer, as fans h[...]

Found Objects – 10.6.2011 • Blake Griffin recently posed nude for ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue (picture #14 … he’s also on the cover). HoopSpeak’s Beckley Mason sums it up best in his piece about The Body Issue: Now take a look at Blake Griffin’s quads. • ESPN’s Tom Haberstro[...]

The better question might be “how soon?” and not “if.” He has earned every bit of praise thrown his way for his strength and athleticism, but as Tom Haberstroh points out, it’s his well-rounded game that begs comparisons to one of the most dynamic players of the last few decades: Griffin [...]